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The Twins' poor execution of a rundown play enabled the Senators to gain a 3-2 victory. The Senators, who were trailing, 2-1, opened the ninth inning with one-out singles by Dave Nelson and Toby Harrah. Elliott Maddox singled, scoring Nelson. Washington Senators 3, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Sunday, July 18, 1971 (Day game) at Robert F. Kennedy StadiumTwins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 12 0
Senators 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 8 1
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Tovar lf,rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .296 Unser cf,rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269
Carew 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Randle 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .236
Oliva rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .375 Mincher 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .296
Holt lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Howard lf 2 0 1 1 2 0 .295
Killebrew 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .264 McCraw rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Cardenas ss 4 0 2 1 1 0 .284 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Nettles cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .340 Casanova ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Braun 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .249 Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Roof c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .202 Cox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Luebber p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Billings c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nelson 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .338
Harrah ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .240
Gogolewski p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Stelmaszek ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Allen ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Maddox ph,cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .182
Totals 34 2 12 2 7 5 Totals 32 3 8 2 4 4
Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 9,850
Left on Base: Twins 13, Senators 8
DP: Twins 1, Senators 3
Errors: Nelson
Doubles: Cardenas (16), Killebrew (15), Nettles (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Perranoski (1)
GIDP: Killebrew 2 (12), Cardenas (9), McCraw (3)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Luebber 6.1 4 1 1 4 3 0 26 5.40
Perranoski L(1-4) 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 10 6.53
Totals 8.1 8 3 3 4 4 0 36
Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gogolewski 5 7 2 2 5 3 0 26 2.77
Grzenda 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 1.25
Lindblad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.73
Riddleberger 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.60
Cox W(4-5) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.00
Totals 9 12 2 2 7 5 0 42
Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Hank Soar
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Carew
struck out; Oliva singled to center; Killebrew walked [Oliva to
second]; Cardenas popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Senators 0.
SENATORS 1ST: Unser walked; Randle forced Unser (third to
second); Mincher walked [Randle to second]; Howard walked
[Randle to third, Mincher to second]; McCraw grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Howard out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Senators 0.
TWINS 2ND: Nettles walked; Braun flied out to right; Roof struck
out; Luebber struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0,
Senators 0.
SENATORS 2ND: Billings grounded out (third to first); Nelson
popped to catcher; Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Senators 0.
TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to third [Tovar to second (error by
Nelson)]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tovar to
third]; Oliva singled to center [Tovar scored]; Killebrew
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Oliva
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Senators 0.
SENATORS 3RD: Gogolewski struck out; Unser popped to shortstop;
Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
1, Senators 0.
TWINS 4TH: Cardenas doubled to left; Nettles popped to catcher
in foul territory; Braun was walked intentionally; Roof walked
[Cardenas to third, Braun to second]; Luebber forced Cardenas
(third to catcher) [Braun to third, Roof to second]; Tovar
forced Luebber (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 1, Senators 0.
SENATORS 4TH: Mincher flied out to left; Howard walked; McCraw
popped to second; Billings flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 1, Senators 0.
TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Oliva grounded
out (pitcher to first); Killebrew doubled; Cardenas singled to
left [Killebrew scored]; Nettles doubled to center [Cardenas to
third]; Braun was walked intentionally; Roof flied out to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Senators 0.
SENATORS 5TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
grounded out (pitcher to first); STELMASZEK BATTED FOR
GOGOLEWSKI; Stelmaszek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 0.
TWINS 6TH: GRZENDA REPLACED STELMASZEK (PITCHING); Luebber
grounded out (second to first); Tovar singled to left [Tovar out
at second (left to second)]; Carew singled to right; Oliva was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Senators
0.
SENATORS 6TH: Unser popped to shortstop; Randle singled to left;
Mincher singled to left [Randle to second]; Howard singled to
center [Randle scored, Mincher to second]; McCraw popped to
shortstop; Billings popped to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 1.
TWINS 7TH: Killebrew singled to center; Cardenas grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at
second]; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2,
Senators 1.
SENATORS 7TH: Nelson singled to left; Harrah flied out to
center; ALLEN BATTED FOR GRZENDA; PERRANOSKI REPLACED LUEBBER
(PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED FOR ALLEN; Maddox flied out to center;
Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 1.
TWINS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); UNSER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LINDBLAD REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING);
Braun lined to first; Roof singled to center; Perranoski out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Roof to second]; Tovar was
walked intentionally; Carew popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Senators 1.
SENATORS 8TH: TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HOLT
REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING LF); Randle struck out; Mincher singled
to right; Howard flied out to right; CASANOVA BATTED FOR
LINDBLAD; Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Senators 1.
TWINS 9TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED CASANOVA (PITCHING); Holt
singled to third; COX REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING);
Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Holt out at second]; Cardenas walked; Nettles grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Senators
1.
SENATORS 9TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
singled to left; Harrah singled to left [Nelson to second];
Maddox singled to left [Nelson scored, Harrah scored (on throw)
(no RBI), Maddox to second]; Elliott Maddox caught between 1B
and 2B and Toby Harrah scored during the rundown; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Senators 3.
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